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(Exact date is unknown)
Beginning of slavery -
Virginia passed a law prohibiting slaves that converted to Christianity to become free.
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A solution to slavery issues in unorganized territories.
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Northerners were upset with the War of Mexico because they believed it was a way for the southerners seeking more land to spread slavery into.
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Allowed and encouraged slave holders to find and retreive their runaway slaves if they were found in the North.
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Territories could decide by popular vote if slavery should be allowed or not.
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Lincoln argued that the U.S could no longer stay divided. While Douglas argued for popular sovereignty.
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John Brown's plan to start a slave revolt failed and the South feared that the North was trying to arm slaves to fight back. The South now believed that it wasn't safe to be in the union anymore.
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Lincoln won presidency making the South's nightmares come true.